Huet and Schafer-Frohlich

Had a lovely bottle of the 2007 Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec which was raging on all cylinders. Le Mont Sec I think is always the most open of the young Huet secs. This had a piercing nose of salt, honeycomb, almonds and wet wool along with a steely element. Lovely purity and completeness on the palate with a surreal sense of balance. So easily drinkable but as this wine aerated over the coming days the minerality came more and more pronounced and either it shut down or will not last as long as I initially thought it would. The first night it was glorious but it went downhill after that. Huet, I find, usually improves in the bottle after a day or two in the cave. I hear Pinguet is using less sulphur these days. Maybe that is a factor?

Had a fascinating bottle of the 2006 Schafer-Frohlich Kabinett and as usual with Tim's wines it was a whirlwind experience. No one is making as fine Rieslings in the Nahe in my opinion. The character and purity of the wines is astonishing. This had the typical "funky" nose of a Frohlich wine with honey, wild yeast, reductive and slight sulphur aromas with red cherries and some pit fruit. The palate is a wild untamed monster on day one with good delineation but nothing near where this wine was on day three. Layers of sweet peach and apricot fruit, buffered by great acidity and purity is where this puppy finally landed. Maybe better acidity than '07? This is a Kabinett for the ages. My last bottle alas but if you are going to cellar a Kabinett I'd say SF should be at the top of anyone's list.

Oh yeah. Sorry for font change for this one post. Cut and pasted these notes and not in the mood to deal with changing it.